WEARING OF BADGES
RETURNED SERVICEMEN
STATEMENT BY EXECUTIVE
The several prosecutions which Shave lately been made by the police for the illegal wearing of the Returned Services' Association badge Ihave brought forward the question of the right to wear the badge by "unauthorised persons. The badge isued to all financialjnembers of the association, is protected by statute under the Military [Decorations and Distinctive. Badges iA-Ct, 1918, clause 4 of. which reads:— "(1) The Governor-General may, Joy Order in Council gazetted, define a badge or badges anil assign the same to> be worn as a distinctive jnark or marks only by members of a society incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908, of •which the membership (other than ihonorary membership) is limited to persons or classes of persons who have served in His Majesty's Forces <Luring a period when His Majesty is or was at war, or who have rendered public service, whether civil or military, during such a period. "(2) It shall not be lawful for any person other than a member of the incorporated society to which a badge is assigned tinder the foregoing provisions of this section to ■wear such a badge or any colourable imitation thereof, or to pretend in any .manner to be entitled to wear such badge." The badge for the current financial year, starting April 1, 1944, bears a black attachment bearing the numerals 44/45.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 68, 28 April 1944, Page 3
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231WEARING OF BADGES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 68, 28 April 1944, Page 3
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